Since 2010, the team has built regional scenarios for East and West Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Central America and the Andes. Recently their focus has shifted to helping national officials develop their own scenarios to improve specific policies. That work is now starting to pay off in sce...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Análisis de políticas sobre el clima y
la agricultura, visto desde escenarios
futuros]
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[Testing climate and agriculture policy against future scenarios]
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Testing climate and agriculture policy against future scenarios
In pilot trainings in Tanzania, farmers have received climate data together with participatory tools to help them evaluate their options and make on-farm decisions. The approach is now being scaled up
in Malawi and Tanzania through training agricultural extension agents and NGO staff to provide c...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Putting farmers at the centre of climate information services]
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Putting farmers at the centre of climate information services
Tracking change is how you stay on the path to a goal. That’s why the CGIAR Research
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) wants to measure
how agricultural practices are evolving in response to climate change and other pressures.
In 2010-2011 CCAFS worked with local pa...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[A global baseline for changing farming practices]
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A global baseline for changing farming practices
At a weather research station in Makueni, Kenya, about a dozen farmers are gathered in an
outdoor classroom. Scant and variable rainfall is a big problem in Makueni, so a training program
from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is tutoring the
group on ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[A reality TV show with real impacts on farms]
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A reality TV show with real impacts on farms